Afraid -- O; power discovery

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THE KINGPIN

golden lung dragon & black jaguar w/ vitiligo & platinum silver fox. god of war - ancient. bai shi lynn lingré. proper chinese name is lin bai. prefers lynn if close. they/them. formerly blind. wind element & electric element. firstborn son of jerisidie lingré & current head of family. courting halo mercer. kingpin of alithís evgenis. demiromantic gray-asexual. parent of veris, arvin, leoku, erian, flos, kekhai, evarhi, laeglin, sloan and colwyn. elder brother of ramona and hope, uncle of quennel and cosette. (strike is deceased/unknown status)

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slumber thick and heavy upon ebony head, jaguar curled nearest to fireplace without nest or soft blanket, fallen asleep whilst guarding. cry echoing through halls, enough to waken bleary eyes and lead filled paws. head lifting from ground, blinking to clear eyes of sleep, head splitting with force of disorientation as they pushed to their paws, tail whirling as they fought for balance. taking a second, they stumbled for the stairs, the yelp echoing in their ears. scents of youth and fear filled their nose as they clumsily took the stairs with a grunt as sleep-numbed legs gave way, body crashing to floor. hissing in pain as pawpads pricked uneasily, kingpin righted heavy weight to three of four paws and limped along, claws sliding out to tack floorboards.

breath heavy with a yawn, they followed behind sloan and aker, recognizing the room as asteri's, their nose wrinkling at the strange scent flowing out. peering within the room from dark visage, silver scars showing their eyes as slim slivers of blue. yawn pressing jaws, breath exhaling, a paw stepping before sloan at hir whine, fur bristling upon shoulders at first, urgency bolting along their veins at sight of dark creature within confines of room. a low noise escaped them, stepping closer to cub, sniffing the foreign being within room, upon floor, dark leather wings causing heart to flutter. listening to conversation, they halted, half desiring to stand over both children, nostrils flared to take in scent, eyes slitted to see dark furred comrade. "asteri?", came deep uncertain and tired voice, alarms ringing in head yet heart knowing. taking a breath, they wrinkled their nose, "are you alright?", they coughed, disgust at the scent so different from normal, eyes searching for hers as they let electricity alight within throat, traveling up along tongue from thimble ignited in mouth, a light and gentle glow along their teeth and tongue, enough to see by for those without night sight.